14 DAY TRIAL // Qualcomm and Samsung officially introduced the Snapdragon 835 chipset manufacturing on FinFET 10nm technology last year, but not many details have been revealed about the CPU's performance.
Today, at CES 2017, Qualcomm has unveiled everything there is to know about the upcoming chipset. Before going into details, it's worth mentioning that Snapdragon 835 is already in production and is expected to ship in commercial devices in the first half of 2017.
According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 835 processor has been especially designed to support next-gen entertainment experiences, including smartphones, VR/AR headsets, IP cameras, tablets, mobile PCs and other devices running a variety of operating systems such as Android and Windows 10 with support for legacy Win32 apps.
Among the most important components included on the Snapdragon 835 chipset, it's worth mentioning the integrated X16 LTE model from Gigabit Class LTE connectivity, integrated 2x2 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5, as well as optional 802.11ad for Multi-gigabit connectivity.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is an octa-core chipset that accommodates four Kyro 280 performance cores running at up to 2.45GHz and four efficiency cores running up to 1.9GHz.
The Snapdragon X16 LTE modem supports Cat 16 LTE download speeds of up to one gigabit per-second, and Cat 13 LTE upload speeds of up to 150 megabits per-second.
It also packs an Adreno 540 graphics processing unit with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, full OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan and DirectX 12. It's got dual-channel LP DDR4x memory at 1866MHz, Quick Charge 4 technology, and Qualcomm Aqstic QCD9341, an audio codec that supports an audiophile grade DAC with 32-bit/384kHz support.
Compared to the previous Qualcomm chipsets, Snapdragon 835 is 35 percent smaller in package size and consumes 25 percent less power. The Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 is up to 20 percent faster and 30 percent higher in efficiency than Quick Charge 3.0.
Lastly, the chipset also enhances photography features, as it adds smooth optical zoom capabilities, fast autofocus technologies and HDR.
The Snapdragon 835 includes a Qualcomm Spectra 180 ISP, which features dual 14-bit ISPs that allows for up to 32-megapixel single or dual 16-megapixel cameras.